THE HENUI BRIDGE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 90, 8 April 1902, Page 2

THE HENUI BRIDGE.

AGAIN DISOUSSKD BY THE OOUUTY COUNCIL. A PROTEST TO THE MINISTMt. At Monday's meeting of the County Council the question of the Henui bridge came up for consideration. The Chief Engineer of the Roads Department, Wellington, wro e asking if the Council was prepared to eentributo towards the cost of the Henui bridge, and sta-ing that there did not app-ar to be any doubt that the Council was in equity liable for a contribution. , The Chairman stated that a reply had been sent to the effect that obj«c'.ions were being drawu out agnnet the p-oposil. This pretest it ws* intended o forward to the Minister for Publio Works. Later on the objections were read to she Council. Tha Ohiirman soid thutconsiderably ovor 1200 ratepayers had signed the $ Udion. If any local body should be io.iiled upor. to assist it should be the Henu' Riad Board. Mi i/ipper said the bridge was not sift', au something should bo done. Mr Wright was in favour of pro-e-ting against the enlarged scheme for 4 tha new bridge, but he objected to the spending of £3O on sending this petition around. Messrs Gray, Hopson, and McDonald supported the carman's actio*. Tho Cbairmi' moved that a o.'py of the Council'a.obj tion be forwarded to rhe Giveruor in Council, ant to the New Plymouth Borough Council.— Can itd. Mr Wright advocated a confereaoe between the two bodies. This Council should face the matter in a businesslike manner, and see if some arrange-

•soent could be come to. If theßoroueh: -Council was determined to go on with: •the work it could, he contended, niak> the County Council contribute a share, and the best thing the latter could dn -was to accept the position, but see if at a conference a modified structure could be decided upon, thereby reducing the cost. The natter then dropped.